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Research Article
Smart Agricultural Intensity and Income—Carbon Nexus Among Wheat Smallholders in China’s Yellow River Basin
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
211-222
Received:
7 October 2026
Accepted:
27 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.11
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Abstract: Agricultural digitalization could help reconcile farm-income growth with emissions reduction, but evidence on how the depth of smart-technology application shapes these outcomes among smallholders remains limited. Using field-survey data from 243 wheat-growing households in Neihuang, Lintong and Lingwu along China’s Yellow River, we construct a smart agricultural technology application-intensity index covering planting, irrigation and fertilization, crop protection and harvesting. We combine regression analysis with a coupling-coordination model to examine effects on per-mu net income and carbon emissions, and to assess the moderating roles of farmer education and green planting practices. Greater technology application is associated with higher per-mu net income and lower per-mu carbon emissions: the estimated coefficients are 0.0341 and −0.0979, respectively. Farmer education strengthens the income effect, whereas green planting practices weaken it in the short term. Overall, the coupling between emissions reduction and income growth is at an intermediate level, with coordination highest in Lintong, followed by Neihuang and Lingwu. These findings indicate that smart agriculture generates economic and environmental benefits when technology depth is supported by human capital, technical services and market institutions. Policies that integrate digital-skills training, production-stage services, green incentives and agricultural value-chain development could improve the alignment between farmer prosperity and low-carbon agricultural transformation.
Abstract: Agricultural digitalization could help reconcile farm-income growth with emissions reduction, but evidence on how the depth of smart-technology application shapes these outcomes among smallholders remains limited. Using field-survey data from 243 wheat-growing households in Neihuang, Lintong and Lingwu along China’s Yellow River, we construct a sma...
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Research Article
A Comparative Case Study of Chongli on Resource Restructuring Pathways for the Four-Season Operation of Ice and Snow Tourism Destinations in the Post-Winter Olympics Era
Huannan Cao*,
Hongmei Li,
Junjie Cheng,
Jialiang Zhang,
Zhiteng Hu
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
223-232
Received:
7 October 2026
Accepted:
23 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.12
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Abstract: How ice-and-snow tourism destinations transform the resource base developed during the snow season into cross-season service provision is a challenge shared by the continued use of Olympic legacy and the transformation of tourism operations. Taking Thaiwoo Ski Resort, Forlong Four Seasons Resort, and Zhangjiakou Chong li Olympic Park as cases, this study draws on verified public documents and employs event tracing, comparisons of facility uses, and cross-case analysis to examine the sequences of resource reconfiguration actions and the conditions under which they occur. The findings identify three empirical pathways, respectively centered on the extension of mountain leisure offerings, the conversion of facilities for specialized sports, and the functional reconfiguration of venue clusters. Differences among these pathways primarily concern the resources being reconfigured, service connections, and organizational arrangements. Facility opening, product combinations, and repeated implementation constitute different levels of evidence of service provision. The available evidence supports the expansion of non-winter offerings but is insufficient to establish uninterrupted year-round operation or increased net returns. The study proposes an interpretive framework of “changes in use—service connections—temporal organization, ”conceptualizing year-round operations as a continuous process of adapting resources and services across seasons. This framework provides a reference for operators to undertake differentiated facility adaptation and prudent evaluation.
Abstract: How ice-and-snow tourism destinations transform the resource base developed during the snow season into cross-season service provision is a challenge shared by the continued use of Olympic legacy and the transformation of tourism operations. Taking Thaiwoo Ski Resort, Forlong Four Seasons Resort, and Zhangjiakou Chong li Olympic Park as cases, this...
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Research Article
An Analysis of the Transformation and Interaction Mechanism of Urban and Rural Functions in Southern Shaanxi During the Republic of China Period
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
233-244
Received:
21 September 2026
Accepted:
26 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.13
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Abstract: The period of the Republic of China was a crucial window for the transformation of the urban-rural relationship in China from traditional agrarian civilization to modern industrial civilization. As a special geographical unit located in the hinterland of the Qinba Mountains and the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the evolution of the urban-rural relationship in southern Shaanxi was not only embedded in the macro context of the national social transformation but also presented a unique path due to the regional characteristics of mountainous barriers and frequent wars. This paper takes "functional transformation" and "interaction mechanism" as the core clues and uses multiple research methods to systematically sort out the evolution trajectory of the urban-rural relationship in southern Shaanxi from 1912 to 1949. The research shows that the urban-rural relationship in southern Shaanxi during the Republic of China period presented distinct phased characteristics: from 1912 to 1937, driven by the military demands of warlords, the expansion of urban trade, and the "industrial salvation of the country" policy, the "rural support for urban" model was continuously strengthened. The countryside constructed a one-way support system through three dimensions: material supply, labor mobility, and financial support, and the urban-rural interaction followed a single logic of "resources from rural to urban". From 1937 to 1949, the war-time internal migration promoted the upgrading of urban functions, and the trend of "urban leading rural" began to sprout. The city formed the initial form of two-way interaction through trade guidance, technological penetration, and service extension. However, due to geographical barriers, weak industrial foundation, war damage, and the lack of mechanisms, it presented characteristics of limited radiation, external dependence of driving force, and vulnerability of the relationship fluctuating with the war situation. Overall, southern Shaanxi during the Republic of China period did not complete the complete transformation from "rural support for urban" to "urban leading rural", forming a mixed form of "continuation of the traditional model + budding of modern trends". Its evolution was shaped by geographical transportation, political wars, economic structure, and population mobility. Compared with the models of Guanzhong and northern Sichuan, it highlighted the characteristics of "slowness, locality, and fragility". This paper fills the research gap on the urban-rural relationship in mountainous border areas in modern times, provides a new case for related typological research, and also offers historical references for the contemporary urban-rural integration and development in mountainous areas.
Abstract: The period of the Republic of China was a crucial window for the transformation of the urban-rural relationship in China from traditional agrarian civilization to modern industrial civilization. As a special geographical unit located in the hinterland of the Qinba Mountains and the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the evolution of the urban-rural rel...
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Research Article
How Does Active Embedding Empower Regional Innovation: A Study on Leadership Strategies of High-Level Local Universities Serving Regional Innovation via Embedding Mechanisms
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
245-251
Received:
2 October 2026
Accepted:
26 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.14
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Abstract: High-level local universities serve as a vital pillar for regional innovation, yet they commonly face challenges including insufficient university-local alignment, shallow integration and limited release of innovation benefits. Existing literature largely focuses on macro effects while neglecting the micro processes of university-local integration shaped by strategic actions of institutional leadership. Drawing on strategic leadership, organizational embeddedness and regional innovation system theories, this study adopts multiple-case qualitative research and grounded theory methods. The findings reveal that universities advance multi-dimensional regional embedding through four strategies: vision framing, organizational design, boundary spanning and institutional innovation. A transmission pathway of “leadership driving - multi-dimensional embedding- innovation performance output” is established. This research offers theoretical and practical references for deepening university-local symbiosis.
Abstract: High-level local universities serve as a vital pillar for regional innovation, yet they commonly face challenges including insufficient university-local alignment, shallow integration and limited release of innovation benefits. Existing literature largely focuses on macro effects while neglecting the micro processes of university-local integration ...
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Research Article
Evolution of County Urban Land and Carrying Capacity Enhancement in Zhejiang Province
Xueqi Wang,
Daixia Wang*,
Lei Wang
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
252-260
Received:
3 October 2026
Accepted:
22 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.15
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Abstract: Against the backdrop of the county-level urbanization strategy and the comprehensive establishment of the territorial spatial planning system, augmenting county development momentum and elevating spatial carrying capacity have become pivotal to achieving high-quality regional development. Taking Zhejiang Province as an empirical study area, this paper establishes a three-dimensional evaluation framework encompassing "scale, form, and spatial distribution." Utilizing landscape pattern analysis alongside the Gravity-Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (Gravity-GTWR) model, this study systematically analyzes the spatio-temporal evolution of county urban construction land and elucidates its underlying driving mechanisms driven by government, market, and social forces from 1980 to 2024.The empirical findings reveal that: (1) Urban construction land in counties has exhibited persistent spatial expansion, morphological boundary complexification, and localized patch agglomeration, evolving into five distinct carrying capacity patterns, including the fractal/complex large-patch type. Spatial scale is significantly positively correlated with morphological complexity, underscoring the stringent requirements of developmental momentum for spatial compactness. (2) While demographic aggregation and economic growth serve as the primary impetuses, the tripartite interaction among governmental planning control, market capital allocation, and civic societal responsiveness dictates the structural efficiency of carrying capacity release, displaying profound spatial heterogeneity between northeastern and southwestern Zhejiang. (3) The acute contradiction between constrained regional resource endowments and high-intensity development momentum has provoked localized land overexpansion and spatial fragmentation, thereby circumscribing the enhancement of comprehensive carrying capacity and threatening ecological security.Consequently, this paper suggests: reinforcing the transmission of territorial spatial planning to safeguard baseline carrying capacities, implementing differentiated spatial interventions across typologies to invigorate endogenous development momentum, and constructing a diversified governance framework characterized by "government leadership, market empowerment, and social collaboration," thereby providing scientific guidance and empirical references for bolstering county-level comprehensive carrying capacity and sustainable development.
Abstract: Against the backdrop of the county-level urbanization strategy and the comprehensive establishment of the territorial spatial planning system, augmenting county development momentum and elevating spatial carrying capacity have become pivotal to achieving high-quality regional development. Taking Zhejiang Province as an empirical study area, this pa...
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Research Article
The Travelling Theory of “Frontier Thesis”: Recontextulization Research on the Writing Theory of American West in Chinese Western Literature
Xiaoyan Chen*
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
261-268
Received:
8 October 2026
Accepted:
31 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.16
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Abstract: The Frontier Thesis was put forward by Frederick Jackson Turner (short for Turner) in 1893. It is in its essence within the field of history. The Travelling Theory on how ideas, theories, and concepts move across different times, cultures, and geographical locations, was put forward by Edward Wadie Said (short for Said) in the 1980s. This study, by means of Said’s Travelling Theory, taking literary works as its primary vehicle and tracing the birth, development, and localized reconstruction of the “Frontier Thesis” aims to trace the birth, development, and localization of the Frontier Thesis, explore the similarities and differences in the frontier narratives between Chinese and American Western literary works, and provide insights for the international dissemination of Chinese frontier literature. The “frontier” does not only refer to the border in the geographical sense, it also holds profound historical, political and cultural connotations. Frontier narratives in American literature not only comprehensively articulate the geography, history, and cultural ethos of the American West but also deeply expose its history of colonial aggression. Similarly, Chinese frontier literature is characterized by its rich genres, including novels, prose, poetry, and travelogues, etc. A review of CNKI shows an obvious lack of systematically cross-cultural comparative studies which specifically focus on Chinese and American frontier literature. This study employs comparative literature and cross-cultural approaches, following the research principle of “theoretical generation, travel, reception, and reconstruction” to explore the transnational flow of the core concept of the “frontier” between American and Chinese literary contexts. The research results indicate that during the process of re-contextualization, Chinese writers and scholars have adopted certain ideas of the Frontier Thesis, such as ecological writing and pioneer spirit, etc. Meanwhile, they have adapted the theory according to local socio-historical realities by filtering out its colonial expansion. Thus, a “New Frontier” literary creation concept with Chinese characteristics has been generated. This theoretical transplantation is not a mere horizontal transfer but rather the creative misreading and the reconstruction of subjectivity. Furthermore, this research offers valuable insights into the construction of a distinctly Chinese discourse system for frontier literature.
Abstract: The Frontier Thesis was put forward by Frederick Jackson Turner (short for Turner) in 1893. It is in its essence within the field of history. The Travelling Theory on how ideas, theories, and concepts move across different times, cultures, and geographical locations, was put forward by Edward Wadie Said (short for Said) in the 1980s. This study, by...
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Research Article
Design and Implementation of an AI-Assisted Teaching Platform for Electromagnetic Information Courses
Zhang Hai*,
Chen Xu,
Xie Jiaojiao,
Tang Wei
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2026
Pages:
269-277
Received:
7 October 2026
Accepted:
26 October 2026
Published:
10 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.si.20261406.17
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Abstract: Electromagnetic information-related courses serve as a crucial foundational component for majors in electronic information. These courses are characterized by abstract theories, complex formulas, and significant practical relevance. However, traditional teaching methods exhibit notable shortcomings in terms of intelligence, personalization, and interactivity. To address these challenges, this paper presents an artificial intelligence-assisted teaching platform developed on the "Coze" platform, integrating technologies such as large language models, enhanced knowledge base retrieval, database storage, and visual drag-and-drop functionalities. The platform is designed with a three-layer architecture comprising a presentation layer, a business logic layer, and a data layer. It encompasses nine distinct functions, including AI companions, practice-assistant tools, question bank collection, one-click test generation, one-click grading, one-click PPT generation, knowledge graph creation, online classrooms, and translation conversion. Furthermore, it mitigates the issue of AI hallucination through a dual mechanism that combines enhanced knowledge base retrieval with prompt word constraints. Deployment and testing results demonstrate that the platform is functionally complete, operates stably, and is user-friendly. It effectively addresses challenges such as the abstract nature of electromagnetic information knowledge, inadequate support for personalized learning, and the excessive repetitive workload faced by educators. This system provides a low-cost and high-efficiency development paradigm that serves as a reference for teachers lacking a computer background to leverage AI tools in constructing an auxiliary teaching system.
Abstract: Electromagnetic information-related courses serve as a crucial foundational component for majors in electronic information. These courses are characterized by abstract theories, complex formulas, and significant practical relevance. However, traditional teaching methods exhibit notable shortcomings in terms of intelligence, personalization, and int...
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